NICE AF

let’s get real about drug use on dating apps

We asked community health leaders and dating app users about ways to better address drug use on the apps. Read the reports below to learn how.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

FULL REPORT

STATS:

91%

HAD AT LEAST ONE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE RELATED TO DRUG USE ON THE APPS.

1 IN 4

DELETED A DATING APP BECAUSE OF THESE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES.

270

DATING APP USERS PROPOSED 10 NEW FEATURES.

TOP FEATURES

FILTERING BY SUBSTANCE USE COMFORTS AND PRACTICES

SECURITY FEATURES

PROFILE FIELDS ABOUT DRUG USE PRACTICES

HEALTH RESOURCES

"Dating apps should promote an environment of freedom and no judgment"

–2023 NiceAF Participant

Sign up to let the apps know what you think.

Our dating app partners respond to what users want:

Mpox vaccination/ immune status profile field

HIV & STI TESTING CLINICS MAP

IN-APP BUTTON FOR NATIONAL HIV SELF-TESTING PROGRAM

Ways dating platforms can be niceaf:

Provide a comprehensive list of safer sex practices & drug/alcohol use preferences for users to put in their profile
Allow users to search for others by: age, gender, race/ethnicity, safer sex practices, and drug/alcohol preferences
Educate users about app features when they sign up and when new features are added
Make unlimited blocks free to all users so they can protect themselves from abuse
Make sexual health info easy to find
Encourage users to complete their profiles and use sexual health features

ANOTHER WAY APPS ARE BEING NICEAF:

You told us how to make being online more respectful.

5,500 App users shared their stories about using dating apps & sites. 20 Anti-Stigma features were ranked by dating app & site users and 9 dating platform parters signed on to the campaign to improve for their users.